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NVAP Reference Guide: National

Incident Management System

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Preface

Introduction

Control and Eradication

Brucellosis

Johne’s Disease

Pseudorabies (PRV)

Tuberculosis

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Scrapie

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Poultry
National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)

Avian Influenza (AI)

Exotic Newcastle disease (END)

Equine Disease

Aquatic Animal

Aquatic Animal National Health Plan

Aquatic Animal Health Activities

Animal Health Emergency Management

Animal Health Emergency Management

Emergency Response Structure

National Response Framework (NRF)

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

National Animal Health Emergency Management System (NAHEMS)

Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Plan (FAD PReP)

FAD Recognition and Initial Response

National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps (NAHERC)

Notifiable Diseases and Conditions

WOAH and International Standards

Cleaning and Disinfection

Importance of Cleaning & Disinfection

Cleaning

Disinfection

Regulation of Disinfectants

Safety

Disease Surveillance

Laboratory Submissions

Animal Movement

Interstate Regulations

Interstate Movement of Cattle, Horses, Swine, Sheep and Goats

Issuing Interstate Animal Movement Documents

International Animal Movement

Issuing International Health Certificates (IHCs) for Live Animal Movement

Common Problems Observed on Certificates for Live Animal Movement
Animal Identification 

Animal Identification

Cattle Identification

Swine Identification

Equine Identification

Sheep and Goat Identification

Fowl Identification

Compliance and Regulations

Appendix

A: 9 CFR PARTS 160, 161, and 162

B: APHIS VS District Offices

C: State Animal Health Officials

D: Forms

E: Other Organizational Information with Contact Points

F: Web Sites

G: Equine Teeth and Aging

Since the terrorist attacks in September 2001, the Federal Government has reevaluated how to respond to emergencies on U.S. soil. In 2003, the Department of

Homeland Security (DHS) established the National Incident Management System.

This presidentially mandated system provides a consistent nationwide approach for

Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments to work effectively and efficiently

together to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents,

regardless of cause, size, or complexity. 

The NIMS provides a managerial and organizational structure for use in

accomplishing these objectives. Use of the NIMS also provides the agricultural

community with ready access to the human and material resources of the wider

emergency management community, thus facilitating the potential mobilization of

large-scale resources for response to major emergencies. 

The NIMS works hand in hand with the NRF. The NIMS provides the template for

managing incidents, while the NRF provides the structure and mechanisms for

national level policy for incident management. 
Under most circumstances, the existing well-trained cadre of local, State, and

Federal animal health professionals is sufficient to cope with a disease outbreak

threatening American agriculture. In the event of a sizable regional or national

disease outbreak, however, the agricultural community would need help from the

larger emergency management community to avoid being overwhelmed by the

logistical, operational, and administrative demands of a rapidly changing situation. 

The U.S. agricultural community is accelerating its efforts to prepare to respond to a

potentially major epidemic by reaching out to the emergency management

community. This outreach involves learning and using the NIMS as well as building

partnerships with other emergency management agencies and groups for

coordinated responses to various emergency scenarios. Such partnerships are vital

to planning for the mobilization of large- scale human and material resources to

address potentially catastrophic animal health emergencies. 

One key component of the NIMS is the Incident Command System (ICS), which is the

managerial and organizational structure for use with emergencies that may increase

in size or evolve in complexity—whether within a few hours or over several days,

weeks, or months. The ICS is designed to enable effective and efficient domestic

incident   management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment,

personnel, procedures, and communication operating within a common

organizational structure, designed to enable effective and efficient domestic incident

management. 

APHIS has adopted the NIMS and ICS organizational structures and processes to

manage emergency responses and other events.